Hours of community service by students in the 2020–2021 academic year
At Barry, social justice and community service are built into our core commitments.
The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI)promotes a range of opportunities to make a difference through direct action, programs and events, partnerships, and research. Now in its 11th year, CCSI has earned the prestigious Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement, has institutionalized a service learning pedagogy, and has earned Barry a Voter Friendly Campus designation, among other achievements.
Here’s a look at recent community engagement and service, by the numbers:
Community partners (total)
Conference presentations on community engagement topics by faculty, staff, and students from 2011 to 2021
Journal articles and book chapters on community engagement topics by faculty and staff from 2011 to 2021
Members in the Barry Service Corps
Undergraduate courses emphasizing personal and social responsibility
Designated service-learning courses
Community service hours completed as part of courses
Record Time
In November, more than 400 students and employee volunteers formed a human assembly line inside the Barry University Health & Sports Center as they raced to prepare 40,000 meal packs bound for Haiti and local Miami communities in an event cohosted by Cross Catholic Outreach. The whole event was expected to take about four hours to complete. Instead, in just two hours and seven minutes, they surpassed their goal by producing more than 43,000 meals.